The Cecil Whig., 1887-12-31
AWAY DOWN SOU TIL.


Residences, business BuIidinss, and
Parks-Iis Artesian Water supply
Commercial Statistics-A Successful
CectI Countian in the Lumber Trahe-A
Grand H"rel and IA DeughtTuI Southern
Resort.
BEUNsWICk. GA. Dec y 1851.
Mr. Ed,t0r Some lifty odd years ago,
! when :, iad of sixteen, living in Hartford
| county, | had the acquaintance OF a young
man-EdwaId b Nv man by uame-a very
Consequential fellow, in bis own opinion,
and quite a dandy. On one occasion
Ned az We familiafly cal ed him, was
mIssiug IRON the eighbourhnoi for sew
Z, al weeks. WheD he returned and made
ms iiist appearance among a lot Of us, the
first itqury was, WAY, Ned, where
have you beer This l3rg time?"
"Why, away down South"
But Whereabouts, Ned? What part
of tn" South?'
Throwing himself into an attitude of
| great superiority, he fairly ptra nd us
sith the reply, Why, away down III
! Charles cnnnty"'
leaving P"t d post Friday morning,
| De"errhe! 2d, ioanA IN self az 10 a. clock
T. NJ. S!tu. day a; Brunswick, III the rx
d.
| ~ & less umlc il the transit than II took
| my hj-nd Ned to make the trip from
| Hartford to Charles county What :.
chs. - in lew short years Yes, am
away down South, but far hrynud me is
another away down South" in Florida
Brunswick has improved wonderfully
since | Was here last, (,iX years ag). |
can hardly realize 1t IS the same place.
| III, population then was about , 800 now
| il Is estimated to be between rtybt and
| zine thousand. Then there we're no brick
| pavomcnJs, bow there are six to eight
uiles, the greater part being - teet wide
| Then there were bat two or three brick
horses. Nov whole blocks of substantial
brick stores ard warehouses occupy the
husireSS portions Of the town. Hundreds
OF private residences iii beauLiiul cottage
style have been erected within the past
TWO years, aud many are now in course OF
construction. all surrounded by spacious
lots, set out III orange ana other fruit
trees. Three tiie parks have been LAID
ont and inclUsed and set with shrubbery
aud flowers. IL TACT the whole CITY out
side of the business streets has the ap-
pearance of 4 grand park of royal live
oaks beauttied with coverings of fleecv
moss.
Two years ago tha first artesiar we'll
was sunk. Now there are several with =
dow Ot water ranging from 200 to 600
gallous nsr rriuUtc. Close hy the Ogle-
thorpe Hotel, erected within the present
year, stands tower bu!lt OF brick. 80 feet
N diameter at base, 10 ieet high, sur
mounted with an iron tank holding 22O.
OGs gallons OF water, kept constantly iull
froG All artesian we'll close bv The
water from the tank is let INTO pipes and
carried ali over the city, furnishing q
powerful supply of water for extirguish
ing fires without the als ot fire engines
Thorc aie about three miles OF improved
water front, lined with dacRs and wharvas
whore ships drawing from Z to 20 ieet OF
,rarer ar- daily loaded with lumhey, resin.
Gotten, turpentine aud other plrfucc,
shipped to all parts ot the woI ID by the
eniarpriSing citiZens of Brunswick The
following article cut IRON the Atlanta
Constitution, viii give an idea Of the
amount of busiuas. transacted here as
Wi as some account of y former citizen
oi Cecil cnnnty:
'ColIecfor Dart gives the following in
come III his office since 1885,
10 September and October. 1856 foreign
lmi urts were .......................... sIu7l
imports were ........... .... ........ leo 900
September and Dctohor, los5, coa>twise
exports were. ..................... II6 go
Sc.tcMhcr and October, 1855 exports
foreign were. ........................... 16o 20
Total September ard Ucto. cr coast
wise and foreign, l6Si.............. s79, ,05T
September and October, 1887, imports
tprCi-n wcr|.....- Observation-Disclosures. 1880
September ana October 1887. imparts-
foreign cUastwise Observation-Disclosures. $50 600
September and October, 1857, exports
ru;t>t"lse SIS s11
Scr-e Der and October. 1851 exports
foreign were........................ s33 las
S-u45 40
or difference IN favor Of 1887 off,. t6o ~
Tive national banks-tle FIRST National
aud ,ho OgiethorVe Naiional-do fine
business, having a large territory to cover
contiguous III Brunsw Ck. " here extensive
saw mills are in operation, aud large sup
plies "f naval stores ere ccllrcted.
brunswick is d great lumber market
She Immense mills along the line of the
L. T Y. Il ia. Il Il and tho Brunswick
x Western K Il. supply he market, ana
lEey have quite number OF live, euer-
getic lumber merchants, Who supply the
different ports Of the world with Gs9rri.
yellow pine lumber of the best quality.
and in anv Quantity when it is needed
One Of the most prominent dealers Is
Mr. John II. Mccullough, who deserves
much prniSe FOR his great faith in Bruins
"IcS. He is from Maryland originally,
and has bees a citizen of Brunswick for
seyerteen years He said: Il ALWAYS had
faith IL Brunswick. but it was long time
| nei3re | could see | was not mistaken:
put il is bed rock now. The natural ad.
..nrag"S.' SAID he, "of this city cannot
| ',e estimated and sQnal any on the Allan
| -. / /
however, by combinations made hy other
cities 10 keep us down. We were fui
ears too weak IT, compete with These
combinati ions. We can raise one hundred
| thousand dollars now for a public enter
| prise easier than We could one Thousand
zen Years -" Our merchants and bust
| ness meu are not only acCunulating
money, hnt experience and the day for
runiins rougb shod over Brunswick by
rival cities has passed We can take care
of ourselves, and we propose to do it."
! But the coming glory Of Brunswick is
the nav hotel iust completed and to ne
ol quo" January lst tor viSitcrs. The
90 leth hnrpe Hotel " is magnificent
| building Gas you VIII see by tie sketch
| | herewith tnclOse), built of brick, front
ng on the main business street nearly 300
feet, win WlNpS extending back Az feet.
calcutta to toacGommoGate 300 guests, and
will be in charge Of :. +. Crlttenden, of
New York. C, lie ebrattd tor his management
~ some o. the bast hotels in thn Unted
| States. Tie "Oglethorpe, under Mr..
Cri'terden's management. can not help
attracting visitors. Travellers coming
| South for healsh or pleasure will tiud it
profitable and pleasant to make this their
| phjt ctive point as from here. by inland
| steamers, they can reach Fernandina,
| Fla, il three hours, visit jacksonville,
and return same day, and passing in the
| trip he beautiful islands Cumberland and
Jeakel.
Nnw. my advice to all readers of the
Wing c0ntFn!rat ny = trip south, by al
meats stop first - Brunswick for a few
| DAYS end Tt cuparate before going among
the swamps aud alligators of Florida;
| after which you will return with pleasure
10 the "CiFy by the Sea tBrHuswick}
| to e5,jVv its beautiful drives and sur
roundings. CECIL
SILLY SUFFERERS.